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Tomorrow is HomeView day!
Apple’s new smart screen hits store shelves Friday, November 13 — and we all know that Friday the 13th is always an auspicious day to launch a major new product!
Nonetheless, the early reviews seem overwhelmingly positive and I have very high hopes for it.
I have both models on order, but because I’m traveling, I won’t be able to pick them up until Sunday. I couldn’t be more excited. I can’t wait to test them out.
Of course, how well it works all hinges on Apple Intelligence and the new smarter Siri AI.
I’ve been running the iOS 27.3 beta on my iPhone for a few days, and I think the new Siri AI that it enables is indeed smarter, faster and more capable. I might be imagining things, though. For every four or five things Siri AI did well and quickly, it also messed a couple up.
The best news, though, is that HomeView may soon support alternative AI chatbots, like Gemini, ChatGPT and Claude.
You can get a preview right now with Google’s new Gemini app for CarPlay, which just launched. It sounds great for CarPlay, and might be even better running on HomeView.
Also in today’s newsletter:
AI doesn’t come cheap, and even Apple’s starting to charge for AI extras, like smart summaries of video captured by security cameras and other premium AI add-ons.
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